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2 unusual facts about Königsegg-Rothenfels


Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels

Lothar was the youngest son of Count Leopold Wilhelm von Königsegg-Rothenfels and Maria Polyxena, Countess Scherffenberg.

Königsegg

It was partitioned between itself, Königsegg-Aulendorf and Königsegg-Rothenfels in 1622, and was inherited by Königsegg-Aulendorf in 1663 with the extinction of the line.


Alban Stolz

During the following eight years he was engaged in parochial work, being curate first at Rothenfels in the Murgthal, and from June, 1835, at Neusatz, in the district of Bühl.

Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels

In 1744 he took arms one more time and became supreme commander of the troops in the Austrian Netherlands.

He distinguished himself in the Battle of Turin (1706) and received command of the fortification of Mantua.

Francis Christopher Anton, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

He was the son of Count Francis Anthony of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch and his wife Anna Maria Eusebia of Königsegg-Aulendorf.

German school of fencing

Hans Talhoffer in the 1440s to 1460s was active throughout Southern Germany, including Königsegg, Emerkingen, Zürich,

Königsegg

Königsegg was named after Königsegg Castle, located in Königsegg, today part of Guggenhausen.

As of 1806, Königsegg consisted of two isolated parts, one around Königsegg, and one around Aulendorf.


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